The JUNOS are embarrassment to the entire music industry and every legend that enspired them! You couldn't pay me a million dollars to perform at this pathetic ego stroking festival.
Taxpayers have been scammed hundreds of millions of dollars on this crap over the years through Factor and other bullshit government grants!🚩
An evaluation of the Canada Music Fund for 2018–19 to 2022–23 reports actual spending of $301 million over those five fiscal years (versus $166.9 million planned, with the difference largely due to COVID-19 emergency measures). This total covers the full CMF (administered via FACTOR and Musicaction)
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In March 2024 (announced at the JUNOs), the government added $32 million over two years (2024–25 and 2025–26), boosting the annual level to around $41 million in one recent year.
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Over a 10-year span, factoring in the baseline (~$25M /year), temporary top-ups (~$10M/year in later years), pandemic boosts, and the 2024 increase, total federal Canada Music Fund contributions likely exceed $250–350 million.🚩
Sadly, these numbers do not include any of the funding that the JUNO awards receive year after year either.